Serving Their Communities: An Analysis of Australian Public Library Mission Statements. Issue 2 (17th February 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Serving Their Communities: An Analysis of Australian Public Library Mission Statements. Issue 2 (17th February 2022)
- Main Title:
- Serving Their Communities: An Analysis of Australian Public Library Mission Statements
- Authors:
- Hider, Philip
Garner, Jane
Wakeling, Simon
Jamali, Hamid R. - Abstract:
- Abstract: To understand the roles that Australian public libraries are aiming to play in their communities, mission statements from a sample of fifty public library networks were extracted from their corporate documents and subjected to both quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The five broader roles most commonly articulated were to facilitate learning and discovery, to increase social connectedness, to provide spaces and places, to provide access to information and resources, and to facilitate inclusion and celebrate diversity. Overall, the mission of Australian public libraries focuses more on learning and community building than on their traditional function of information access provision.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of library administration. Volume 62:Issue 2(2022)
- Journal:
- Journal of library administration
- Issue:
- Volume 62:Issue 2(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 62, Issue 2 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0062-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 190
- Page End:
- 205
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-17
- Subjects:
- Public libraries -- mission statements -- content analysis
Library administration -- Periodicals
025.1 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjla20/current ↗
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306901~db=all ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
http://www.haworthpress.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/01930826.2022.2026120 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0193-0826
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - 5010.333000
British Library DSC - BLDSS-3PM
British Library HMNTS - ELD Digital store - Ingest File:
- 21202.xml